An update on leopard sights:1)Miera and cub Masego was seen a few kms north of Montrose on the 8th of April at 7.34am.2)Auchterlonie Female and cub - seen near Munro early to mid April.3)Warona - seen near Leeudril early April and near Munro on the 18th. She really does move around.4)Tswana - seen 8 to 10kms from Dikbaardskolk, along Dune road, also in April.And lastly,but not least5) Rosa was seen at Kannaguass on the 16th of March at 8.14am.Good news is that she looked very pregnant. Hoping for new cubs!

On our trip to Kgalagadi in February 2015 we could spot 2 different leopards.The first one was on 23.02.2015 at 18:05. The leopard was far away on the ridge between Batulama and Montrose. Can some one identify this one?

The second one was on 24.02.2015 17:43 at Kamqwa Waterhole, than he crossed the pad and walked to the kalkridge. He moved towards Urikaruus. We can watch him for nearly a half hour. I guess, its Dakotah.

After being sent a great shot of L-51 at the Nossob hide last November i thought that i would try him against this webcam shot...amazingly it is a match!! This is only the 4th sighting of this male. It really seems like there are a few large males in the area but that they only get seen at night!

After being sent a great shot of L-51 at the Nossob hide last November i thought that i would try him against this webcam shot...amazingly it is a match!! This is only the 4th sighting of this male. It really seems like there are a few large males in the area but that they only get seen at night!

Another update on leopard sightings:1) Ingwe - 01/05/15 - seen between Tierkop and Kij Gamies2) Balete - seen late April and 18/05/15 at Cheleka, drinking water3) Miera and cub Masego - seen on 30/04/15, a few kms from Montrose4) Khumo(L72) - seen on 04/05/15 at Bitterpan 5) Boroko(L64) - seen on 06/05/15 at Bitterpan6) Warona - seen on 27/05/15,500 m north of Leeudril7) Namabies(Tswana's cub) - seen on 18/05/15, 5km from Dikbaardskolk,top dune road, at just past noon8 ) Itumeleng seen on 26/05/15 at Rooibrak, between 11am and noon9) Dakotah and Urinanib(female) - seen on 06/06/15, on road to !Xaus10) L97 - seen on 01/05/15, 25km south east of Swartpan

No more June sightings out there?

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Lorato is officially the projects 100th identified leopard!! A big thanks must go to everyone on this forum who have posted photos and sighting info over the years. Who would have thought that we would reach such a milestone.

Sorry for missing your earlier post Sigmund. The sighting at Rooiputs on the 29th July 2014 is the last I have on record for him. I would suspect that he was pushed out into the dune fields.Hopefully he will return as a larger male one day.

All young males will struggle for territory until they are big enough to contest the prime areas. The southern section of the park was traditionally held by the big male Rooibrak. However, he's been gone for a while so there is clearly a vacancy to be capitalised on. When Kabelo turned up it very much looked like he was exploring the area and was possibly sizing it up to see if there was space for him.I suspect that he bumped into one of the neighbouring larger males, maybe Dakotah or Nkwe and got a bit of a scare.Since there is not a huge amount of space in the southern section of the park i would suspect that he would head into the Botswana dunes to escape a big beating. This is also sort of backed up by the lack of sightings. Of course he could have had a more serious confrontation and got injured or killed. Also explaining the lack of sightings.

Lets hope that he does his weights in the dunes and comes back to treat us all to more wonderful sightings.

We've also not really seen young males exploring in the south before, probably because of Rooibraks presence over the years. So Kabelo's presence and behaviour was a bit of a first, and it was great to have so much detail on his movements from the many sightings.

Matt has been able to identify the three leopards we saw during our July trip to the park: Masego and then, a few days later, the Auchterlonie female with its cub Mpho. Since sightings of the latter seem to be rare, he has also uploaded some our pictures on his facebook side, for those who are interested.